• Cristiana Araújo Guiller Ferreira, Flávia Simphronio Balbino, BalieiroMaria Magda Ferreira GomesMMFGUniversidade Federal de São Paulo, Escola Paulista de Enfermagem, São Paulo, SP, Brazil., and Myriam Aparecida Mandetta.
• Hospital São Paulo, Unidade de Terapia Intensiva Neonatal, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
• Rev Lat Am Enfermagem. 2018 Nov 14; 26: e3046.

Objectiveto develop and validate instruments to identify health professionals' beliefs related to the presence of the child's family in invasive procedures and in cardiopulmonary resuscitation.Methodstudy based on Psychometrics to conduct the theoretical, empirical and analytical stages, developed in a neonatal unit of a university hospital. The two instruments were constructed based on the literature and applied to 96 health professionals.Resultsthe Cronbach's Alpha of the instrument related to the professionals' beliefson invasive procedures was 0.863 and the instrument on cardiopulmonary resuscitation was 0.882. In both instruments, the tests performed indicated a correlation between the items. From the factorial analysis, four factors were generated: (1) benefits of the presence of the family; (2) impairment for professional practice; (3) strategies for the inclusion of the family; and (4) limitation of learning and decision making by the professional.Conclusionthe instruments analyzed obtained a good internal consistency and are indicators of the professionals' beliefs with the potential to evaluate the quality of family care in this context.

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